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bug#21268: 24.4; request: add-several-to-list
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#21268: 24.4; request: add-several-to-list |
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Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:59:18 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Hoffman <gmane3-hoffman@sneakemail.com> writes:
> I would like to request the following function be added to subr.el:
>
> (defun add-several-to-list (list-var &rest elements)
> "Add to LIST-VAR all ELEMENTS."
> (dolist (element (reverse elements))
> (add-to-list list-var element)))
>
> This is useful in adding many items to configuration variables without
> duplication, while keeping the same order, and avoiding repeated calls
> to add-to-list.
I think this seems like a too specialised function to be generally
useful. And it's about the same thing as
(cl-delete-duplicates (append old new))
So I'm closing this bug report.
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